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"Goodbye Mr. Chips  (1939)  This was in my queue for years and finally watched it.  Nice feel-good movie.\n \n\n\n\tThe Red House (1947)  Thought the pay-off would be better in the end.  Sub-plot with the young antagonist buying the government bond didn't seem to go anywhere.  Was expecting a supernatural film after the spooky woods were set up and by the end i just didn't find the set-up believable.  Might've been a better film if it had been more supernatural.\n \n\n\n\tTout Va Bien (1972) Kind of have a love/hate response to Godard's films.  A few of his early ones are in my top list of all-time and others i just loathe.  Depending on my reaction i refer to him either as the former critic turned filmmaker or a critic who makes films.  His overtly political films like this, i don't really care for, because quite frankly i'm one of the few people in Portland who don't share his Marxist beliefs.  Too much of this film i almost have to laugh at, because the set-up is exactly what i would expect Godard to have, i.e. the company that is under strike of course is a meat factory where the workers of course have blood on their uniforms, and of course Jane Fonda is the big name actress used to try to generate buzz.  All of the material surrounding the strike i just find a bit silly- the workers complain their breaks are too short and they find working on a production line repetitive.  Well, no s***. As someone who worked in a factory every summer as a teen i can relate, but the experience also made me grow up more than my peers who spent their summers hanging out at starbucks.  these workers just sound like whiny teenagers who expect rewards to come quickly and easily.  Some of the redeeming aspects of this film, for me, are the relationship between Fonda and her husband which is clearly breaking down and feels honest.  The monologue of the commercial director in the film was  interesting as it was clearly Godard speaking.  And the long back and forth tracking shot at the end in the supermarket was pretty cool- almost as good as the shot from Weekend.  I also liked the set design for the factory/business which is a large exposed cross-section of the entire building and makes me think this is where Wes Anderson got the idea for doing the same with the boat in The Life Aquatic, although I believe Godard films everything within this set-up unlike what Anderson did.  I guess overall this film had enough redeeming parts in it for me to like it for what it is and not necessarily for the content.  Recommend, and not just for Godard fans.\n \n\n\n\tKim (1950)  Never realized Dean Stockwell had a long film career- i only know him from Quantum Leap sadly.  I liked this film, more for the fact that i've been to many of the places in India that this film is set in- Veranasi, Shimla, Rajastan, etc.\n "
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